Question

1. Analyse the major factors, including opportunities and challenges, related to the lived experience of someone who is an alcoholic dependence illness.

Answer 1

What's Alcoholism?

Alcoholism has been known by various factors like alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse. Nowadays it is considered as alcohol use disorder.

Factors behind alcoholism

There is no exact reason behind alcoholism, it is unknown. Usage of excessive amount of alcohol can result in change of brain functions due to the chemical interference.

Moreover this condition increases feeling of ecstasy that encourage us to drink more though it has adverse health effects.

Gradually, the feeling of pleasure goes away and the person begin to show withdrawal syndromes that can be potentially dangerous and fatal for the person.

Opportunities of a lived alcoholic

It is true that an alcoholic person must have spent most of his good times only by drinking and not aware of another fun activities that is present in our nature and society. Being sober is a tough job for him however it is not too late to start anything good in life. He has number of opportunities awaiting, below is the list of some

- find all-new activities

It is always recommended to start a new hobby to begin a fresh start. It can divert his mind to positivity

-start exercising

-have a good diet

-find and achieve the goals

- rest adequately

- get ample amount of sleep

-include sober peers in the circle

Challenges

- depression

-uncontrolled level of stress

-trauma of past experience of alcoholism

-guilty feeling

-insecurity feeling

-fear of being in public

-comments of others

-health issues

These major drawbacks may follow an ex alcoholic when he has no alcohol to cover up.